MT Magazine March/April 2025

FEATURE STORY

THE WORKFORCE ISSUE

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Additive Manufacturing Sector, accelerated by Formnext is moving from the West Building and claiming a new home. In a nod to the significant impact of robotic innovations on the industry, FANUC will move to the front row. North Building: Leveraging Momentum The North Building, reimagined and a resounding success for IMTS 2024, again houses: • The Automation Sector, accelerated by SPS – Smart Production Solutions • The Gear Generation Sector • The Abrasive Machining, Sawing, and Finishing Sector The Automation Sector will highlight intelligent solutions that drive productivity across the entire manufacturing life cycle, including cloud-based innovations from companies like Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services. One of the perennial favorites in Abrasive Machining, United Grinding is increasing its booth footprint in 2026, maintaining its prime location in the front of the building. By popular demand, the Smartforce Student Summit, powered by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and SME returns to Level 1 of the North Building. This move expands its footprint, offers increased visibility, and reinforces STEM education and workforce development initiatives.

West Building: One Focus The Tooling and Workholding Sector takes center stage in the West Building and will showcase equipment that will help manufacturers be more efficient by decreasing machining time. This entire sector is dedicated to productivity and cost efficiency, helping manufacturers find new solutions and gain new capabilities. East Building: Fab Four From metrology to CAD/CAM systems, water jet cutting to air filtration, the East Building is home to the solutions that keep manufacturing running, even with the lights out. The East Building will still house four sectors: Fabricating and Lasers; Machine Components, Cleaning, and Environmental; Quality Assurance; and Software. With Autodesk, Hexagon, and Zeiss again in prominent spaces, the East Building remains a hub for digital manufacturing solutions. Your Roadmap to IMTS 2026 We are thrilled to share our vision for IMTS 2026 with you and invite you to make plans now to attend North America’s largest manufacturing technology solution showcase. IMTS 2026 will take place Sept. 14-19, 2026, at McCormick Place in Chicago. A limited amount of exhibit space remains for IMTS 2026. To learn more, visit IMTS.com/exhibitor. SCAN TO SEE THE IMTS 2026 FLOOR PLAN IMTS.COM/FLOORPLAN

4 BUILDINGS 10 SECTORS INFINITE CONNECTIONS

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SECTOR LOCATIONS

SOUTH BUILDING

WEST BUILDING • TOOLING &

• METAL REMOVAL • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

WORKHOLDING

EAST BUILDING

• FABRICATING & LASERS • MACHINE COMPONENTS / CLEANING / ENVIRONMENTAL • QUALITY ASSURANCE • SOFTWARE

NORTH BUILDING • AUTOMATION

• GEAR GENERATION • ABRASIVE MACHINING / SAWING / FINISHING